Tour%of% 1888-2011 England 2011 Camden Park, Sydney Ian Foulsham Centre IZ Australia Message%from%the%President Ian%Foulsham The first playing season of the Club was 1888 and the Club has played cricket continuously since that season. In 1891 It was resolved that the Club ask I Zingari England to sanction the use of its name in Australia. The governor of I Zingari England gave permission for the use of the name “I Zingari Australia”. Permission was also given to adopt the black, red and gold as the club colours. The Club initially entered the senior competition conducted by the NSW Cricket Association but was forced to withdraw when this competition became restricted to district clubs. I Zingari Australia reverted to playing club cricket and has done so continuously since that time both as a foundation member of the City and Suburban Cricket Association and with its own extensive fixture list. Each year the Club plays approximately 60 fixtures. For many years the Club played on Concord Oval at Concord and an associated ground in that area. In 1968 Mr Quentin Stanham offered the use of the picturesque ground at Camden Park to maintain a longstanding link that had existed between Camden Park and I Zingari Australia. A turf wicket was created, a pavilion constructed and a home ground established. Today Camden Park remains the focal point of the Club’s activities with a new pavilion and a wonderful museum which houses one hundred and twenty three years of history and memorabilia. As well as local fixtures, the Club has hosted at Camden Park clubs from the United Kingdom, New Zealand, India, Canada, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Zimbabwe, Barbados, Bermuda, South Africa and Germany. In the early days the Club made regular interstate and country tours. Tours to country NSW continue today. The Club has also been fortunate to tour to South East Asia, India, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. The Club first toured England in 1977 and again on its centenary in 1988. The last tour of the United Kingdom (which included Scotland) was in 1994. It is with great anticipation that the Club embarks on this tour of England which incorporates a wonderful itinerary of opponents and magnificent cricket grounds. Our players and supporters have the opportunity to meet old friends and make new acquaintances. It is a very significant event in the history of a very proud cricket club. As Sir Donald Bradman said in his foreword to the history of the Club written by John Eldershaw in 1988. “The health welfare and future of cricket lies in the hands of the thousands of club and social cricketers who gave birth to the game and nourish its existence”. May this continue. I wish all players and supporters a happy and successful tour. Ian Foulsham President IZ Australia A%Farewell%Message%% from%Ian%Craig Past%Captain%of%Australia%and%IZ%Cricketer As a long time member of I Zingari Australia, I was delighted to learn that the Club will again tour England this year. I have noted with great interest the wonderful fixture list, and in particular the grounds upon which your fixtures are to be played, many of which are familiar to me. These are exceptional venues and it is clear that the Club has gone to great lengths to prepare for a very special tour. Playing club cricket in England is something to which all Australian cricketers should aspire as it is played in a spirit which is quite unique. You can be assured of great hospitality and friendship while playing competitive cricket with your English counterparts. Ian Craig OAM Former Australian Captain Camden Park IZ Australia 2011%Tour%Fixture%Schedule Date Opposition Ground Oxford Sunday 26th June – Sunday 3rd July Mon 27th June Free Foresters St Edward’s School, Oxford Tue 28th June OUCC/The Harlequins The University Parks, Oxford Wed 29th June Hampshire Hogs Warnford, Southampton, Hampshire Fri 1st July MCC High Wycombe CC, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire Sat 2nd July Eton Ramblers Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire Cheltenham Sunday 3rd July – Wednesday 6th July Sun 3rd July British Pilgrims Stirling Lines, Credenhill, Herefordshire Tue 5th July Old Cheltonians Cheltenham College, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire Wed 6th July Gloucestershire Gipsies Stowell Park, Yanworth, Gloucestershire London Wednesday 6th July – Saturday 9th July Thur 7th July I Zingari Harrow School, Middlesex Fri 8th July The Honourable Artillery Company (HAC) Armoury House, Finsbury Park, London Sat 9th July The Earl of Carnarvon’s XI Highclere Castle, Newbery, Berkshire Brighton Saturday 9th July – Monday 11th July Sun 10th July The Grannies Sheffield Park, East Sussex Mon 11th July Arundel Castle Cricket Foundation XI Arundel Castle, Arundel, West Sussex London Monday 11th July – Wednesday 13th July Tue 12th July The Guards Burton’s Court, Royal Hospital, Chelsea, London IZ Australia The%Players Geoff Lovell (Tour Captain) Geoff’s cricketing pedigree promises so much in terms of the results we are likely to see on tour. The team will hope to follow the example he sets in order to establish the tone for a competitive tour played in a friendly spirit that I Zingari have become well known for. Geoff’s list of cricketing achievements reads like an honours board. He started out playing 1st XI cricket for Sydney Church of England Grammar School and then went on to play for the GPS 1st XI, the NSW Schoolboys XI and NSW Under 19 XI. After school he proceeded to play first grade for the Gordon District Cricket Club, Sydney University Cricket Club and was then selected for the Australian Universities XI in 1988. To add to his cricketing achievements, Geoff was a University Blue both at Sydney University and Oxford University, captaining OUCC in 1992. He was the inaugural Bradman Scholar at Exeter College, Oxford from 1990 – 1993. Geoff is a right handed batsman, a retired wicket keeper and a very occasional bowler. Not many have seen him bowl for I Zingari even though he boasts to have 1 First Class wicket at 141 to his name. He also claims to have scored 114 versus Cambridge at Lord’s in 1993 and 96 versus Pakistan at Fenner’s in 1992, so we hope to see that form re-surface on tour. Mark Hodge (Tour Manager) Mark is embarking on his third cricket tour to the UK with IZ Australia. He is another player whose reputation earmarks him as one of the talents to watch on tour. His nickname (“Factor”) is a direct result of often being the deciding ‘factor’ responsible for turning a match in I Zingari’s favour. Mark’s cricket career started at Rangitoto College in Auckland, New Zealand. He went on to play 1st grade cricket for Grafton United Cricket Club from 1977 – 1984 before moving across the Tasman, where he was invited to join IZ Australia in 1985. His career highlights include 6 for 30 while playing for an Auckland U18’s team and scoring 80 on an I Zingari tour of Canberra as an opening bat after being relegated to batting at no. 8 or below for the first five years of his I Zingari career. Mark has since scored over 6,000 runs for IZ Australia and while he still accumulates runs at a modest rate when given the opportunity, he is also regularly seen spinning out opposition batsmen with balls he freely admits do not turn any more. While Mark is one of the more friendly I Zingari members, he does have a tendency to turn into Captain Grumpy on the field if you are talking while he’s running in to bowl, a lesson new members learn quickly and one that some of the older members still haven’t learnt. Terry McGrath A seasoned cricketing tourist, Terry brings a wealth of experience to the I Zingari side. Not only has he toured with I Zingari to Asia, the UK and India he has also played cricket in Malta, Gibraltar, Spain, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Barbados and every other part of Asia. No one has actually asked him the question as to how many of those matches at overseas destinations were in backyards with a glass of red resting between the stumps, but his results for I Zingari cannot be questioned. Terry is a handy leg spinning all rounder, and like Mark Hodge, he will openly admit that maybe one day he will actually turn one of his leg breaks. Turning the ball obviously doesn’t affect his ability to take wickets, he has taken over 300 wickets for I Zingari and has lost count of the runs he has scored with the bat. Either that, or he doesn’t want to discuss his batting average without prompting. After many years playing first grade cricket for Penrith Cricket Club and Cambelltown Cricket Club, Terry continued playing country cricket with Camden Cricket Club while maintaining his enthusiasm for I Zingari. While totally disregarding I Zingari history, Terry will ask the question – which IZ member captained at the “highest level”, Australia, New South Wales, other? No, Terry believes it was he while playing in Nepal. His other claim to fame was that Bob Simpson once dropped him while fielding at first slip, a mistake that ended up being very costly. Brett McGrath An I Zingari tour to the UK is not complete without a second McGrath team member in attendance. Brett is also a seasoned I Zingari UK tourist having toured as a supporter in 1994 at the age of 9. While Brett will maintain that his mates refer to his cricketing prowess as wanting, we know that he’ll secretly be aiming for a better tour average with the bat than his father.